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Force + Effect

Atlas of Novel Tectonics, Reiser + Umemoto COURSE DESCRIPTION Working from a basic understanding of material properties and assembly configurations: this course focuses on structural behavior including: stability, equilibrium, force flow, and force control. We investigate this via material form and assembly. Lectures focus on the analytic techniques of measuring, mapping, and evaluating the flow of forces through a range of contemporary structural systems. We continue by applying metrics to determine appropriateness. Laboratories utilize direct material investigation to test stability and both local and higher order effects of forces. Our investigations provide an empirical understanding, a measure of appropriateness, and a basis for further computational analysis. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

- Understanding of: stability, equilibrium, and force flow through material and assemblies

- A basic understanding of how force flows through material form, connections and assembly configurations (bulk, vector, and form-active)

- An understanding of internal force flow through components resisting gravity and lateral forces

- A basic ability to evaluate and determine appropriate structural systems, including configuration and component sizing

- Recognition of the importance of redundancy and ductility in structural systems

- Ability to test the physical properties of materials and assemblies and evaluate their potential for ordering systems.

- Ability to demonstrate the basic principles of structural systems and their ability to withstand vertical and lateral forces, as well as the selection of an appropriate structural system.**

INSTRUCTORS Brendan Beazley (bbeazley@cca.edu) M Arch Lab / B Arch Lab Steve Ratchye (sratchye@cca.edu) B Arch Lab Boawen Jiang (baowen@cca.edu) Teaching Assistant Eric Martina (eric@cca.edu) Teaching Assistant We are available by email or by appointment. Please email in advance to set a time either before or after lecture on Tuesdays or lab/discussion on Fridays.

**This course meets the following NAAB Student Performance Criteria (SPC): Realm B: Building Practices, Technical Skills, and Knowledge —B.5 Structural Systems

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CLASS MEETINGS Lectures: Day: Tuesdays: Room: Timken (Lecture Hall) MARCH 631-01: Timken, Tuesday 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. (Beazley) ARCHT 331-01 & 331-02: Timken, Tuesday 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (Beazley & Ratchye) Lab/Discussion: Fridays: Room: E1 (East 1) MARCH 631-01: E1, Friday 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. (Beazley) ARCHT 331-01: GC7, Friday 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. (Beazley) ARCHT 331-02: GC1, Friday 12:00– 1:30 p.m. (Ratchye) TA’s Workshop: Thursdays: Room: GC1 (Graduate Center) 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. (TAs) COURSE WEBSITE: The course website will contain updated information regarding both project and homework assignments as well as required and recommended readings/references please bookmark the following: http://fluxus.cca.edu/~bbeazley/structures/ EXAMS AND ASSIGNMENTS: Material presented in lecture will be supplemented by required readings. In addition to the readings, there will be projects, weekly quizzes, weekly homework, and a ‘midterm’ exam. Quizzes are closed book; however, 1 page of notes (front and back) is allowed. Quizzes must be completed in the first 15 minutes of lecture class or you will receive no credit. Missed quizzes due to an excused absence will not adversely impact your final quiz grade. Unexcused missed quiz is graded as a zero. EVALUATION: Attendance at lectures and lab/discussion is mandatory. Excused absences will not count toward an administrative fail; however, students are responsible for any missed work. More than one unexcused absence will impact your final grade, and three unexcused absences will result in an administrative fail. Computer/phone use, other than taking notes, during lecture and lab will result in an automatic absence for the day. Three lates, shall accrue and count as one absence. Final grades will be given based upon the following percentages: Projects 45% Weekly quizzes & homework on required readings and lectures 20% Midterm exam on required readings & lectures 20% Participation (this includes attendance) 15% Late work will not be accepted. COURSE MATERIALS: 8½” x11” paper having clean edges shall be utilized for all assignments. No staples—Yes paperclips or binder clips. Electronic calculator with sine, cosine, tangent, and square root functions. iPhones/smartphones are not acceptable for the Midterm Exam—they are ok for homework and quizzes (in airplane mode with wifi deactivated) TEXTBOOKS: Gordon, J. E., Structures, or Why things don’t fall down, (1978, Plenum Press, New York and London)

*** Please obtain a copy of this book *** Schodek, Daniel L, Structures, Fifth Edition (2003, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey)(older edition-- see website) Salvadori, Mario, Structure in Architecture, The Building of Buildings, (1986, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey)

(book out of print--see website)

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REFERENCE TEXTS:

Allen, Edward & Iano, Joseph, The Architect’s Studio Companion, (2001, John Wiley & Sons, New York)

Allen, Edward & Iano, Joseph, Fundamentals of Building Construction, (2003, John Wiley & Sons, NY)

Ambrose, James, Building Structures, (1993, John Wiley & Sons, New York)

American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE7-05 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (2006, ASCE, Reston, Virginia)

Billington, David, The Tower & The Bridge, (1983, Princeton University Press, New Jersey)

Ching, Francis D.K., Building Construction Illustrated, (1991, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York)

Ching, Francis D.K., Onouye, B. S., & Zuberbuhler, D., Building Structures Illustrated, Patterns, Systems, and Design, (2009, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey)

Deplazes, Andrea, Constructing Architecture, Materials Processes Structures, (2005, Birkhauser-Publishers , Basel, Boston, London)

Engel, Heino, Structure Systems, (1997, Distributed Art Publishers, New York)

Otto, Frei, & Rasch, Bodo, Finding Form, (1995, Edition Axel Menges)

Salvadori, Mario, Why Buildings Stand Up, (2002, W. W. Norton & Co., New York)

Salvadori, Mario, Why Buildings Fall Down, (2002, W. W. Norton & Co., New York)

Schueller, Wolfgang., The Design of Building Structures, (1995, Prentice Hall, New Jersey)

Wolfe, William S., Graphical Analysis, a text book on Graphic Statics , (1921, McGraw-Hill, New York)

Zalewski, Waclaw & Allen, Edward, Shaping Structures Statics, (1998, John Wiley & Sons, New York)

Zalewski, Waclaw & Allen, Edward, Form and Forces, (2009, John Wiley & Sons, New York)

Canadian Wood Council, Wood Reference Handbook, (1991, Canadian Wood Council, Ontario, Canada)

DETAIL, Review of Architecture, Glass Construction Manual, (1999, Birkhauser, Basel, Switzerland)

DETAIL, Review of Architecture, Steel Construction Manual, (2000, Birkhauser, Basel, Switzerland)